Maresca on Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League defeat at Atalanta

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Maresca on Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League defeat at Atalanta  09/12/2025  Stadio di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy  uefa25 champions league

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00:00How did that game slip away from you in the second half?

00:13Yes, I think after the goal we conceded, we lost a little bit of control over the game.

00:20In the first half we scored the goal, we conceded something, but also we created some chances.

00:25In the second half I think we had two good chances to score the second one.

00:30And then again, after we conceded 1-1, we lost a little bit of control over the game,

00:34and then we conceded the second one.

00:36I think we can avoid both of them, they are quite easy goals.

00:45Could you just talk us through some of your changes tonight, particularly half-time,

00:49Trevor comes off and then Gusteau comes on for Enzo Fernandes.

00:54Were both a case of having to manage minutes because of load and fitness,

00:58or did the players suffer a problem in the game?

01:01No, both change is because Trev and Enzo are both that they are playing every minute in every game,

01:08so both they were not 100%.

01:12Also Trev's decision is because he was on yellow card, so to avoid a little bit of that.

01:17So this is the reason why we changed them.

01:20Can I just have one block?

01:22Obviously it leaves the team in a difficult position to finish in the top eight.

01:26Are you aware of how difficult that could make your fixture list for the next few months?

01:32Yes, we are aware, absolutely.

01:36But now that the game is finished, now the focus has to be on Saturday game,

01:42because now we need as soon as possible to win games.

01:48Simon, down here please.

01:51Hey Enzo, maybe stating the obvious, but is two wins out of the next two games a must,

01:56if there is any hope to finish in the top eight now?

01:59And how is Wesley Vofana, given the freakish nature of the injury he suffered?

02:05Yeah, probably with two wins, probably with 16 points you can be in the top eight,

02:11not sure about that, but now the focus has to be the game at home and then the next one.

02:20For sure, if we want to try to finish top eight, we need to win both.

02:26Otherwise, we try to play the play-off and then go to the next round.

02:34And Wes has a problem inside.

02:37In this moment it's quite bad, he struggled to see a little bit,

02:42but hopefully he can be available for Saturday.

02:46And just quickly, there will be sort of questions again about,

02:50well, whilst the load management has been explained and sort of making lots of changes,

02:55is it working when results are inconsistent, there's good results then bad results?

03:01Is it something that might need to be reconsidered?

03:04I think tonight, first 11, we are at inside the pitch eight, nine players that they play against Tottenham,

03:11they play against Barcelona, they play against Wolves, they play against Barcelona too, Arsenal.

03:20I mean, we had eight, nine players that they are the ones that they are playing every time these kind of games.

03:25So, if you see the five changes that we did compared to Bournemouth, it's different.

03:31But if you see that inside the pitch we had eight, nine players that they are the same that they are playing.

03:37Barcelona, Arsenal, Tottenham, Wolves, you know, these kind of games.

03:41I didn't think we did the five, yeah, we did the five changes compared to Bournemouth,

03:46but the ones that they play tonight are the ones that they are playing almost all the games.

03:51Is that right?

03:53Yes, Mr. Elisa Cucchi, I'm from Bergamo TV.

03:55I wanted to ask you what you've hit the Atalanta this evening

03:59and something that's related to a statement that we did Pepe Guardiola,

04:02who knows well.

04:04Atalanta, to play against Atalanta, is a bit like going to the dentist.

04:08Is it possible that this statement, during the 2019, is still true?

04:13Second row, Nick.

04:43What needs to be different for you to start getting these away results over the line in

04:49this competition?

04:50Is it execution?

04:51Is it mentality?

04:52Is it something else?

04:53For sure.

04:54Again, we consider two goals that for me both we can avoid that, two easy goals and then

05:02also in terms of when you consider the first one is the moment that you don't have to lose

05:10control of the game and I had the feeling that after the goal we conceded we lost a little

05:17bit the control of the game.

05:195th row here please.

05:20Please.

05:21Mr.

05:22Marino Petrelli il messaggero, ieri lei ha parlato di modello Atalanta, volevo sapere

05:27che Atalanta ha visto in campo, qual è stata la difficoltà maggiore che ha avuto nell'affrontare

05:35questa Atalanta?

05:37La difficoltà maggiore è che trovi sempre una squadra che comunque, ripeto, è abbastanza

05:44chiara quello che fanno, una squadra che prova ad essere aggressiva, una squadra che anche

05:49con palla ha le idee chiare.

05:52Io credo in generale non avevamo sofferto tanto fino al gol che abbiamo concesso, poi il

05:58gol che abbiamo concesso ha cambiato un po' la dinamica della gara.

06:02Dopo il 2-1 alla fine abbiamo avuto comunque altre due o tre occasioni per fare il 2-2.

06:08È un momento che gira così per noi, bisogna semplicemente cercare di vincere prima possibile

06:14la prossima gara.

06:16Sì.

06:18Hi, Enzo.

06:19C'era il plan di portare Estevão e poi, perché Tosin aveva avuto,

06:23l'ultima di portare?

06:26L'ultima di Tosin è che abbiamo bisogno di cambiare il passaggio di Wess,

06:31quindi abbiamo bisogno di cambiare il passaggio.

06:33C'è stato un po' di forza, sicuramente con un altro cambiamento

06:38probabilmente c'è più una possibilità per l'Estevão, o per l'Andrea,

06:45quindi abbiamo bisogno di cambiare il plan del giro.

06:49Grazie, ragazzi.

06:50Grazie.

06:51Grazie.

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